Changes in cardiorespiratory fitness, psychological wellbeing, quality of life, and vocational status following a 12 month cardiac exercise rehabilitation programme.

Objective: To examine and evaluate improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, psychological wellbeing, quality of life, and vocational status in postmyocardial infarction patients during and after a comprehensive 12 month exercise rehabilitation programme.

Subjects: The sample population comprised 124 patients with a clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction (122 men and two women).

Interventions: 62 patients were randomly allocated to a regular weekly aerobic training programme, three times a week for 12 months, and compared with 62 matched controls who did not receive any formal exercise training.

Infrared Absorption Spectra of Some Aldofuranoid, Aldopyranoid, and Acyclic l-Acylamido Derivatives of Sugars.

The infrared absorption spectra of two glycofuranosylacetamides and their perbenzoates, and of eleven glycopyranosylacylamides and eight esters thereof, are presented and discussed. For comparison, the spectra of thirteen 1,1-bis(acylamido)-1-deoxyalditols and eight esters thereof are also given and discussed. The useful correlations between structure and infrared absorption made by Barker and co-workers for certain carbohydrates, and by Nanasi and co-workers for some -arylglycosylamines, cannot be extended to the 1-acylamido compounds we have studied.